Here is the 13th puzzle from our resident professional crossword-setter, an experienced telecoms and technology professional publishing under the pseudonym Encota. As ever, several of the clues have a comms or IT slant, and there are both cryptic and 'straight' clues, each leading to the same answer.TOP TIPS from Encota: Views on the exact number differ slightly but I'd say there are really 12 different types of cryptic crossword clue. One of the easiest to spot is the double definition, as they are often the very shortest clues. They sometimes have just two words, each giving a different meaning of a common answer and rarely have more than four words. There are several in this issue's crossword -see how many you can identify.
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